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(iLOUD AND Sunshine 



H. M. POOLE. 



jIs suns/line when a cloud fringe lifts. 
Is but the brighter for the change, 

So in our lives tJie joy that rifts 

Through sadness, takes a lovelier range. 



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Copyright 1886, 

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ASSUJiANCE. 



You tell me ]\)q\ tbe summer l^ouns 

Move Clone forever by; 
(^bat, dead and cold tl^e summer flowers 

Enwrapped in snow-sf?rouds lie; 
cl tell you \\)o\ i\)e summer davs 

Wre cominci bach acjain ; 
(^>\)e flowers will bloom in woodland ways 



^!o cljeer tl^e [;eants of 



men. 



You teil me youtl; will fade away 

Qlbe summer s wealtb of bloom ; 
0un [)opes, our tl^ouaf^ts, our worr?s decay, 

^[)at earti) is one aneat tomb. 
S tell you \\)a\ i\)'\s youib of trust 

rrlay come 1o us once more; 
i^\)Q] blossoms spring from out tbe dust 

t^s lovely as before. 



Jessie H. I'.rown. 



RECOMPENSE. 



^96 earti} gives treasure four-fold for all tl;at we 

Qive to its bosom ; 
(^9e care we bestow on tl^e plant comes baci? on 

tl^e bud and tl^e blossom. 
(^r;e sun draws the sea to tl^e sby, y, stillest and 

stranciest of powers, 
felnd returns to tl^e pills and ti^e meadows tpe 

aicdness of bountiful sl^owers. 



rlever a joy do we cause, but we fon tbai joy 

are ti^e aladdcr, 
viewer o beant do we arieve, but we fon the 

anevma are sadder. 
He wbo doib aive of bis best, of tbat best is tbe 

certamest user, 
Qnd \)e v/\)o witb-bolds, finds bi^^self of bis Qaming 

tbe pififul loser. 



Carlotta Perrv. 



ASPIRATION. 



vVinas ! W Inas ! 
^o leave \\)Q level of eartl^ly +l;inas, 

(^l;e dust of ti^e under-world, tl^e dm 
yf law and loaic, tl^e abost of sin ; 

^\)Q eyes of prisoners at tl;e orate, 
(^\)Q voice of beaaars beside tl^e gate ; 

(^)r;e sense of sometbina averse to aood, 
ol warped intention, a vicious nnood, 

cln tne face of nature ; a sense more been 
xj\ lapse and breal;;aae and deati; witbin ; 

%l\)Q sense tbat stifles and clings and stinas 
Winas ! WlnasI 



Wlnas! Wlnas! 
^0 toucl; '\\je \)em of tl;e veil i\)a\ swings, 

0s moved by ti)e breatf) of c^od, between 
©be world of sense and '\\)e world unseen ; 

^o swoon wl^ere tl^e mystic folds divide, 
Qnd wal?e a c[)lld on tl^e ot[)er side! 

^o wake and wonder if it be so, 
Qnd weep for joy at tl?e loss of woe; 

^o l^now t^e seeber is sought and found, 
^o find Qove s beina, but not l^is bound, 

0I7I for tl^e llvlna t[)at dyina brings! 
Wlnas ! Wmas 1 



Marv a. Lathdurv. 



GLEAM JNGS. 



DacI? of \\)e canvas "tl^ai oiows, \\)G painter is 

pinted and l^idden ; 
^nto ]\)G statue t[)at breatl;es tl^e soul of tl;e 

sculpture is bidden, 
cinder tl^e joy tbat is felt, lie tl;e infinite sources 

of feelma ; 

Orownma tl^e qlory revealed,, is tl;e alony tl;;at 
crowns tbe revealing. 



R. Rkalk, 



OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 



0ver and oven aoain, 
Ko matter wl^icf? way a turn, 
^ aivv'ays find in \\)<d Dool? of Qife 

^ome lesson -9 have to learn. 
a must ra[?e my turn at tl}e mill, 

o mast annd out il;e aolden arain, 
Ond worl^ at my tasi? witr) a resolute wil 
(:^ver and over again. 



JOSKPHINE PoLI.AKt). 



IN THE LONG RUN. 



on \\)2, lona run ail l;iclden tl^inas are r?nown, 
^\)Q eye of ^rutl^ will penetrate tpe nial^t, 

^nd aood or ill ti^y secret s[?all be l?nown, 
However well tis auarded from tl^e liabt; 

^nd tl;e unspoken motives of \\)Q breast 

Wre fatl^omed bv \\)Q years and stand confessed, 
5n \\)Q long run. 



9n i\)e lona run all love is paid by love, 

^l^ouab undervalued by tf>e [hearts of eanti); 

^\)e areat eternal aovernment above, 

K eeps strict account and will redeenn its wortn ; 

^ive tl}y love freely ; do not count ]\)e cost, 
^o beautiful a thina was never lost, 
^n tl^e lona run. 



Ki.LA Wheeler Wilcox. 



CLOUD AND SUNSHINE. 



clfter a day of cloud and wind and rain 

'Sometimes t(;e setting sun breaks £»ul' aaain, 

Wnd toucl^inp all \\)^ dari^some woods will; ligbt, 
fSmiles on t|-;e fields, until tl^ey laual) and sina, 

^ben lil^e a ruby from tl^e horizon's rina, 
Drops down into lbe nialpt. 



Longfellow. 



A UTUMN. 



els tby life-summer passing? 

(^pinr? not tpy joys are o er 1 
^l^ou [jast not seen wpat C^utumn 

Hop tpee may ';ave in store. 
Press on, tl^oual;) Rummer wanetr), 

Qnd falter not, nor fear, 
Ror trod can ma!?e \\)Q Outumn 

^[)e alory of tl^e year. 



Frances Ridley Havergal. 



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